Dr. Sharon Nachman, Distinguished Professor

Sharon Nachman, M.D.Professor Nachman is the Chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital. She is also the Vice Dean for Research at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook, and directs the Office of Clinical Trials at the institution. As the PI and Chair of the IMPAACT Network, she has developed and directed the maternal and child HIV and TB clinical trial agendas for the past 10 years. She has had leadership roles in over 25 clinical trials, including 20 as either protocol chair or vice chair. All studies have enrolled, analyzed, and published results that have changed the way we evaluate and treat a host of infectious disease illnesses affecting children and women worldwide. In addition to her focus on HIV and TB, she also developed studies helping to define the dose and PK for new antibiotics and antivirals, evaluate new vaccines, and understand the long-term issues that develop in infants born to HIV+ women worldwide. 

Dr. Nachman’s recent television appearances: